Welcome to my first Chair Newsletter of the year. I am very excited to receive the baton from the amazing Dr. Penny Lema and try to continue the great work for which the Emergency Ultrasound Section a...
Understanding IT Speak 101
How to Diagnose Appendicitis in a Child
Ultrasound Research Mini-Series Part One: Introduction to Ultrasound Research
Hot Topic: Point-of-Care Ultrasound Scholarly Tracks
A Message from the ACEP President on the Uvalde, Texas Tragedy
Using a Wilderness Medicine Skillset in Ukraine
Escape to the Desert
When the Desert Gets Too Hot to Handle: Heat Stroke in Staged Ultramarathon Running
Life Fuel
Fellows' Corner
ACEP Calls for Stronger Protections for Emergency Physicians Who Raise Workplace Safety Concerns
Meet Our Section Members: Dr. Tammi Schaeffer
2021 Law Enforcement Officer, Line of Duty Deaths – the Impact of COVID-19
Tactical Ten for Medical Integration
The Armed Tactical Medical Professional - Weapons Selection for the Tactical Medical Provider
TEMS Physicians in the News
Live Blog from LAC22
Day 2: Live Updates from LAC22
Day 1: Live Updates from the 2022 ACEP Leadership & Advocacy Conference
Letter from the Chair
From the Chair
Writing Award Winner, Prose, 2021
Writing Award Winner, Poetry, 2021
Visual Arts Award Winner, 2021
Visual Arts Award Submission, 2021
Visual Arts Award Submission, 2021
Section of Medical Humanities 2020-21 Annual Report
ACEP Elects New Members of the 2021 Board of Directors
Updated: CMS Announces MIPS Relief
Editor's Corner
Meetings
EM Practice Management News
ACEP Statement on Private Equity and Corporate Investment in Emergency Medicine
Workforce Minute - Dr. Christopher Kang, April 17, 2022
ACEP Rural Emergency Care Task Force 2020 Report
Honoring Your Excellence: 2022 Leadership and Council Award Winners
Workforce Minute - Dr. Gillian Schmitz, April 13, 2021
Workforce Minute - Dr. Gillian Schmitz - Supervision
Workforce Minute - Dr. Gillian Schmitz - Scope of Practice
COVID-19 ED Management Tool Now Available, Updated
Advocacy Win: Deductibles Added to Insurance Cards
ACEP Board of Directors Election Slate Finalized
Chair's Corner
Fellow Spotlight: Rachel Skains, MD, MSPH
Feature Piece: Veterans Health Administration
Save the Date! June 21, 2022, Live Webinar: Talking ‘Bout my Generation
GEDA Updates
Sample Op-Ed: Scope of Practice
Scope of Practice
Scope of Practice
ACEP Files Amicus Brief in CA Lawsuit on Physician Practice
Impacted by EM Consolidation? ACEP Tells the Feds
Public Student Loan Pause – Do You Know Your Forgiveness Options?
Joint Statement on the 2022 Emergency Medicine Residency Match
Your Advocacy at Work: President Biden Signs Dr. Lorna Breen Bill
What we stand for
In Memoriam
COVID-19 & Pediatric Patients
From the Chair
Sorry for the Delay but … COVID
Removing Race Based Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR)
Combined Residency Fair Draws Hundreds
My Dual Identity
Upcoming Events
Sound Advice at the Management Course
South Dakota Scores Scope of Practice Victory
QIPS Newsroom
Resources
Black History Month: Health and Wellness
Chair’s Corner
Workplace Boundaries: The Key to Beating Burnout
Street Outreach: An Opportunity to Reinvigorate Your Involvement in Healthcare
Best of ACEP21 Collection - Free for Members
National Women Physicians Day
From the Immediate Past Chair
Popliteal Sciatic Nerve Block
Coding for Echocardiography in the Emergency Department
Use of Ultrasound in Cardiac Arrest
Ultrasound-guided Cricothyrotomy and a Novel 3-D Printed Training Model
Update on Ultrasound Disinfection
Working as a Female in the ED - An ACEP21 Coffee House Chat
Music Review: Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
Book Review: Time Release
Advocacy Win: Deductibles Added to Insurance Cards
Workforce Minute - Dr. Christopher Kang, January 11, 2022
Letter from the Chair
Letter from the Editor
Considerations During Cold Weather Ops for LEO and TMPs
Medical Considerations for Law Enforcement in Mass Casualty Incidents
Law Enforcement Officer Suicides: Risk Factors and Limitations on Data Analysis
Heart Disease in Law Enforcement
Exercise Recommendations for Law Enforcement Personnel
Movie Review: Trainspotting
Meet Our Section Members: Dr. Robert Bassett
Pain Management and Addiction Medicine Section Recognized with Two Awards
Letter from the 2019-2021 Chair
Advances in Response to Collapse Disasters
COVID-19 Long-haulers Syndrome in Healthcare Workers?
Disaster, Covid-19, and Resources
Disaster Perspective on Pediatric EM and COVID-19
When Buildings Collapse
Music Review: Sister Morphine (Rolling Stones)
Book Review: Madhouse at the End of the Earth
Toxicology Newsroom
DGP Section Meeting at ACEP21
Health Systems Affiliated with 3+ New EM Residency Programs
EM Physicians Join Forces to Create Award-Winning COVID-19 Field Guide
Commemorating Veterans Day
ACEP President Dr. Gillian Schmitz Addresses the 2021 ACEP Council
Emergency Ultrasound Newsroom
Our Geriatric Emergency Medicine Accreditation
Reshaping the Healthcare Landscape
Dr. Kang Chosen President-elect; ACEP Council Elects New Leaders
Using Home-Based Community Paramedics to Reduce Emergency Department Utilization by High-Risk Elder Patients
Section Meeting at ACEP21
Letter from the Chair
Are Ultramarathon Races More Dangerous Than We Thought?
Are Ultramarathon Races More Dangerous Than We Thought?
North Cascades Adventure
Misadventures in the Mountains
Letter from the Chair
Supplements & The Tactical Athlete: Brief Update
Pre-Hospital Use of Ketamine in the Combative Patients
CoTCCC Tranexamic Acid Update for the TEMS Provider
Xylazine, an Emerging Adulterant
Law Enforcement Officer Line of Duty Deaths
MRDO – Micro Red Dot Optics – A consideration for Tactical Medical Providers
The Cypress Creek EMS (CCEMS) Basic Tactical Operational Medical Support (BTOMS) Course
Calendar of Events
Fellows' Corner
EMRA MedWAR
Life Fuel
Ivermectin
Red Tides: The Phenomenon That Will Take Your Breath Away
Editor’s Welcome
Chair‘s Corner
ED Palliative Pulse - October 2021
Interview: Kettering Health Clinical Informatics Fellowship Director
Interview with Associate CMIO: Kyle Marshall
HeART of EM Virtual Gallery at ACEP21
CEDR 2.0
CEDR Program Update
CMS announces MIPS reporting relief
Editor’s Note
Chair Message - CEDR remains the leading registry serving emergency physicians
MIPS 2020 Performance - Good News for CEDR Participants
Submit Testimony on the 2021 Council Resolutions
In This Together - Part 4
Going Forward
Letter from the Chair
EM Workforce Section Operational Guidelines Proposal
EM Workforce Officer Nominations
Workforce Section 2021 LAC Report
The House of Medicine is Under Attack
Editor’s Pick – Must Read Articles
In case you missed them: Important workforce articles from Workforce Wednesday in ACEP Engaged
In This Together - Part 3
EM Understands: Andrea Green, MD, FACEP (Texas)
In This Together - Part 2
National Physician Suicide Awareness Day
EM Physicians of 9/11: 20 Years Later
Preparing to Care for Afghan Refugees
FEC Section Plans for the ACEP21 Meeting
Message from Board Liaison and ACEP President-elect
Workforce Minute - Dr. Gillian Schmitz, September 7, 2021
Lara Vanyo, MD (New York City)
John Corker, MD, FACEP (Ohio/Texas)
Pain Management Newsroom
Ricky Thompson, DO (Austin, TX)
In This Together - Part 1
Arvind Venkat, MD, FACEP (Pittsburgh)
Gillian Schmitz, MD, FACEP (San Antonio)
Andrea Austin, MD, FACEP (San Diego, CA)
Liz Mesberg (Portland, OR)
Kathryn Wiesendanger (Dublin, Ireland)
EM Understands
Latest News
Workforce Minute - Dr. Gillian Schmitz, August 23, 2021
COVID-19 Vaccinations
Sample Letter to the Editor: COVID Misinformation
COVID Vaccine Hesitation/Misinformation
Aster MIMS Calicut: A Southern India Hospital’s Investment Helps Turn the Tide
COVID-19 Recent Literature, Organized by Topic
ACEP21 Pain and Addiction Care in the ED (PACED) Accreditation
GEDA Updates
Workforce Progress - Aug. 5, 2021
New Application Process for the ACEP Ambassador Program! Apply to Represent Your Country of Interest!
ACEP Response on Joint Statement in Support of COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates for All Workers in Health and Long-Term Care
Resident and Fellow Elections
Section of Medical Humanities Writing and Visual Arts Awards
ACEP Remembers Emergency Medicine Leader Dr. Leon Haley, Jr.
Webinar 3 - Creating your Niche and Adding NonClinical Value
Webinar 2 - Finding a Mentor and Being a Mentor
Webinar 1 - Finding a job and negotiating a contract in the academic setting as a Dually
Training & Education
Critical Care Section Newsroom
When the X-ray is Negative: Using POCUS to Increase Diagnostic Accuracy in Acute Knee Pain
Portable Ultrasound Remote Guidance Systems
Tips and Tricks: Best Practices for Ultrasound-Guided IV Placement
Ultrasound Coding and Billing Tips
Cases that Count: Serial FAST examinations in a patient with a penetrating stab wound to the buttock
Ultrasound in Austere Environments
Six Steps to Mastering your Echocardiography Skills
From the Chair
Workforce Minute - Dr. Jamie Shoemaker, July 9, 2021
COVID-19 Resources for Countries Worldwide
Resources for Rural Communities Facing COVID-19
Seeing your First Wave of COVID-19 Patients?
Letter from the Editor
Workforce Minute - Dr. Gillian Schmitz, June 25, 2021
Nitrous Oxide Misuse and Abuse
Editor’s Welcome
Chair’s Corner
ACEP Remembers Wilderness Medicine Pioneer Dr. Paul Auerbach
Featured Training Program: Medicine in Bad Places
Law Enforcement Officer Line of Duty Deaths
Workforce Minute - Dr. Mark Rosenberg, June 18, 2021
Workforce Minute - Dr. Gillian Schmitz, June 9, 2021
Excited Delirium for the TEMS Provider
Review of Article: “Springs Man After Double Dose of Controversial Drug Ketamine”
The Case of a Violent Agitated Patient in The Emergency Department
Letter from the Chair
Setting Up Vaccination Programs in the ED
COVID-19 Vaccination Toolkit
Aggressive Advocacy Results in Reversal of UnitedHealthcare Policy that Would Allow Retroactive Coverage Denials for Non-Emergent Cases
Louisiana Scores Important Scope of Practice Win
QIPS Bookclub
Improving Second-Dose Antibiotic Administration in Admitted Patients
QIPS Section Website Updates
APRD Toolkit
Quality Improvement Compensation Survey
Board Update
QIPS Resolution Updates
Reach Vaccine Hesitant Populations with New ACEP Tools
ACEP Invited to White House Virtual Town Hall
AMIA 10X10
Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act Introduced in Senate
NAEMSP Prehospital Research Grant Recipient Announced
T-Mobile Connecting Heroes Ad Offer Discounts
EMS System Lebanon: A System Challenged by A triple Crisis: Financial Collapse, COVID19 Pandemic and Beirut Ammonium Nitrate Explosion
EMS System Panama
Defibrillator Access in an Emergency
Safe Communities
Message from the Chair
Statement on PA Name Change
Editor’s Note
E-QUAL 2020 Wrap Up
Despite the Pandemic, CEDR Survives the Year 2020 with Flying Colors
Chair Message
Quality Measures
More Than Just an Internship
Fair Play for Reimbursement? CEDR Data makes it possible.
The 2021 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and Quality Payment Program Final Rule: Major Take-aways and Next Steps
From MIPS to MVP and Beyond…
Calling All Mentors: The Global EM Student Leadership Program
Section Elections
Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest and Bystander CPR during the Covid-19 Pandemic: An Early Review
An Emergency Medicine/Critical Care Perspective on Global Health
Midriff Mayhem: Abdominal Compartment Syndrome in the ICU
From the Secretary and Newsletter Editor
From the Chair
COVID-19 Vaccination Smart Phrases Now in Several Languages
Fellows Corner
April 2021 - Message from the Chair
Newsletter Editor Updates
Memories of 2020 – An Interview with the Medical Examiner
Member Spotlight
Careers in Forensics Q&A - with Dr. Ralph Riviello
Letter from the Chair
12 Things to Know About Student Loan Refinancing
Developing an Investing Plan
How to Be a Do-It-Yourself Investor
Investing 101
Top 7 Financial Errors Doctors Make (And How to Avoid Them)
Surviving 101 - My Experience at Survival School
Life Fuel
With Great Knowledge, Comes Great Responsibility
Collaboration Through a Wilderness Medicine Journal Club
Lessons from the Wilderness Fill the Gaps of a Pandemic Medical Education
Virtual Wilderness Medicine Education: Lessons Learned
Geriatric-Friendly Order Sets Webinar
Resources
Key Points About the Johnson & Johnson (Janssen) Vaccine Update
CDC Updates PPE Policies, Reflects ACEP Input
A Safe Space to Talk
What’s with the Milestones Shake Up?
Supracondylar Fracture
POCUS for Shoulder Pain in the Emergency Department
Pericapsular Nerve Group (PENG) Block for patients with hip or pelvis fractures in the ED
Mastering the Intussusception Ultrasound - Tips and Tricks
Industry Roundtable Update
Did you hear that murmur? No, but I saw it on ultrasound! - A Clinical Case of Aortic Stenosis
From the Chair
From the Editor
From the Chair
Auspicious Start to an Inauspicious Year
2020 Medical Humanities Section Writing Award Winner – Poetry Category
2020 Medical Humanities Section Writing Award Winner – Prose Category Edward Lew, MD, FACEP
2020 Medical Humanities Section Visual Arts Award Winner
The Apocalypse
Covid: A Medical Student’s Perspective
2019-2020 Annual Report
ACEP20 Meeting Minutes
2019 ACEP International Ambassador Country Report Compilation
Joint Letter Supporting COVID-19 Vaccines
Monthly ED Palliative Pulse - March 2021
Tactical Medicine Training Program Highlight
Case Report: High Risk Narcotics Search Warrant / Arrest Warrant
Lessons Learned from the “Unite the Right Rally” of 2017
2020 Law Enforcement Officer, Line of Duty Deaths: The Impact of COVID-19
Hydrofluoric Acid Injuries and Illness for First Responders
ACEP TEMS Section Newsletter Introduction March 2021
Portland’s Rapid Response Team, a Novel Approach to TEMS in Civil Disturbance
Letter from the Chair – ACEP Tactical Emergency Medicine Section
PACED overview video with Dr. Alexis LaPietra
COVID After Vaccination
Why Peer Support?
Geriatric Education and GEDA Requirements
Feature Piece
Chair’s Corner
ACEP Geriatric Emergency Medicine Section Teams with Emergency Medical Abstracts
COVID-19 is a geriatric emergency.
Family Feeling Keeps Academician in New Community Hospital Role
EM Innovators of the Year: Nominations Now Being Accepted
QTc: So many formulae, but which one to use?
(Don’t) Do the Yew
Chlorine
Acute Acetaminophen Overdose: Massive Ingestion
Editor‘s Welcome
Dr. Baruch on ACEP Frontline
Humanities at the Bedside
Section of Medical Humanities Newsroom
Try Theater of War for Your Workplace
ACEP Statement on Monoclonal Antibody Infusion
Rural Task Force Summary
Monthly ED Palliative Pulse - January 2021
ED Medical Directors Share COVID-19 Needs in Survey
Low-Dose Ketamine for Pediatric Sickle Cell Pain Crisis
More Than a Local Agent: 10 Pearls of IV Lidocaine Use for Pain in the ED
Pain Management and Chest Tube Thoracostomy
Sub-Dissociative Dose Ketamine in the Emergency Department
Collaboration Yields Rewards in Responding to the COVID-19 Disaster
Hurricane Isaias and COVID19 - A Perfect Storm
Team Rubicon: Navajo Nation COVID-19 Medical Response
Letter from the Chair
Palliative Skills for Frontline Clinicians
Preparing for the Next Pandemic – A Playbook
Where Can Individual Emergency Physicians Get Vaccinated for Protection Against COVID-19?
In Memoriam
Featured Article: Law Enforcement Laser Eye Injuries - Prevention, Diagnosis, and Management
Case Report from the Field
International Operational Medicine
Research Article
Message from the Newsletter Editor
Message from the Chair
Congressional Year-End Package: What You Need to Know
Monoclonal Antibody Toolkit
Order PPE Through ACEP’s Collaboration with Project N95
ACEP Statement on EMS Professionals’ Priority Access to the COVID-19 Vaccine
ACEP Reaffirms Statement on Due Process Protections
What Emergency Physicians Need to Know About the COVID Vaccine
Holiday Video Message from the ACEP President
Caution About Patient Masks and MRI Use
Statement on Emergency Physicians’ Priority Access to the COVID-19 Vaccine
Toolkit for Preparing for a Pandemic / Next Wave
Statement on the Use of Staffing Level Data in the COVID Era
Statement on Physician-Led Emergency Care Teams
Joint Statement: Overcoming Barriers to Promotion of Women and Underrepresented in Medicine (URiM) Faculty in Academic Emergency Medicine
ACEP Statements on PPE & Other Physician Protections
News from the Chair
HHS: 'Imminent' EUA for COVID-19 Antibody
Rural EM Section Meeting at ACEP20
Volunteers Needed for Rural EM Section Social Media Team
Dr. Gillian Schmitz Is Your ACEP President-Elect
ACEP Elects New Board Members
CALS Expansion Continues
2020 - All Our Plans Changed
E-QUAL News Updates
The Impact of COVID-19
Working Together Through the Pandemic
Happy Birthday, CEDR!
Showcasing Most Popular ACEP (QCDR) Measures for 2019
Intern Insights
Observation in the Literature
The Effects of Observation Unit Location and Physician Staffing on Patient Outcomes
Update from the Chair
Joint Statement Regarding Osteopathic Physicians and Emergency Medicine
Future of Emergency Medicine: Mobile Integrated Healthcare
The Tale of Two Pandemics - How Systemic Racism Affects Residency Training
Ten Things We Learned from Covid-19
Work Continues for the ACEP Rural EM Task Force
Rural EM COVID Preparedness and Response Survey
CALS Update
Challenges and Triumphs in Global EM: An ACEP Leader’s Perspective
Ebola and Emergency Response Systems
ACEP Awards First Emergency Department Pain and Addiction Care Accreditation
News from the Chair
Resources for Physician Wellness
ACEP Policy Corner
What’s New in the World?
Reflections Post-COVID-19’s First Wave from Chicago
A Message from the Chair – Self-Care in a Crisis
Welcoming Diversity in Wilderness Settings
WMIG Whitewater Rafting and Water Disinfection Day Trip
Fellow’s Corner
The New Wilderness Olympics
“Can I eat it?”
HHS Announces Additional $20 Billion Distribution from the Provider Relief Fund
Letter from the Chair-Elect
Passing the Time After Opioid Stuffing in Asymptomatic Adults
Toxic Alcohols
Coral Snake Envenomations: Just Keep Breathing
Editor’s Welcome
Chair‘s Corner
Toolkit for Global Ultrasound
Snap, Crackle, and Pop! Acute papillary muscle rupture identified with POCUS
Ovarian Torsion
From a Novel Idea to an Essential Technology
EUS Research Roadmap - Part 1
From the Chair
Emergency Medicine Experiences in Indonesia and Belize
2020 Review of Physician and Advanced Practitioner Recruiting Incentives and the Impact of COVID-19
WTBS 21 The COVID-19 Outbreak Part 2: Emergency Medicine’s Coming of Age
Workforce: Tough Times or Opportunity
The COMEBACK Is Always Stronger Than The SETBACK!
Emergency Physician Advocacy and The Covid Crisis
Editor’s Notes
Preparing for the Next Pandemic
Who's Got Your Back? Psychological Awareness & Team Support
Hurting & Helping: Team Care and Self Care During Crisis
Why Your Staff Needs a Mental Health Care Access Map
Peer Support Basics
The Quiet Heroes of COVID-19
The Use of TEG to Evaluate for Hypercoagulopathy
On the Question of Venous Thromboembolism in COVID-19: Some Answers, More Questions and Our Experience
Tummy Time: Prone Positioning for Non-Intubated Patients in the ED
How to Zoom Like a Pro
From the Secretary and Newsletter Editor
From the Chair
Elections and Resident Awards
Co-Sponsoring Resolutions with AAWEP
Work Happening Around QIPS
Letter from Website Editor
COVID-19 Resources
Letter from the Editor
Joint Statement Regarding Post-Graduate Training of Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants
What’s New with Tactical?
Prehospital Fluid Resuscitation
Tactical Use of Robots in a Barricaded Suspect / High Risk Arrest / Search Warrant
Message from the Chair
FAQs About the Project N95 Collaboration
2021 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) and MACRA Quality Payment Program (QPP) Proposed Rule: ACEP’s First Take
2020 Photo Contest
COVID-19 Resources
Geriatric Emergency Medicine Section Election Information
Get Us PPE
Joint Statement on Mask Excuses in the ED
Capital (30) Minutes
Work Happening Around the QIPS Section
Letter from the Editor
Interested in Taking on a Leadership Role in QIPS
QIPS Article Spotlight
Election and Resident Award Preparation
QIPS Section Survey Results
Member Update: HHS Transitions to New System for Collecting Hospital COVID-19 Data
Personal Reflection from the Chair
How To Make Changes Without Being Disruptive, Part 2
Letter from the Chair
Member Spotlight: Jonathan Warren
Love in the Time of Corona
Ice Climbing – How Safe Can it Be?
Field Dispatch – The Ouray Ice Festival
20 Years of MedWAR
Letter from the Chair-Elect
Letter from the Chair
ACEP Tiered International Member Dues
Launch of the Lima Consensus on LATAM: ED Management Educational Competencies
International EM Section Members Are Actively Involved In COVID19 Academic Activities!
ACEP Wellness Resources
Mexico y COVID-19
From the Chair
Fellow‘s Corner
For All the Essential Dads In Your Life!
Approved 1135 Waivers, State By State
Ambassador Mentorship Program
Join an International Medical Response Team
Amazon Business
Induced Hypothermia after Cardiac Arrest – Does the Method Matter?
CAR-T Therapy and the Cytokine Storm
Cruising the 2019 EM-Critical Care Literature
From the Secretary and Newsletter Editor
From the Chair
Join Our Peer Support Efforts
Evolution of the ACEP Emergency Ultrasound Section
Venous Doppler and IV Fluid Administration
Update on the Current PA and NP EUS Literature
Ultrasound in COVID Across the Globe: Global Insights from the Web
Technology CMUT - Capacitive Micromachined Ultrasound Transducers: A Primer
Military Telemedicine: The Future is Telesonography in Prolonged Field Care
Lung Ultrasound in COVID-19
Low-Level Disinfection of Your Ultrasound Machine During the Pandemic: Which Wipe Should I Wipe With?
From the Chair
Khalil Gibran Quote
Product Review
Featured Article
International Operational Medicine
Training Programs
What's New
Case Report from the Field
Message from the Chair
Burnout
Patient Care
COVID-19 & Sickle Cell Patients
PTSD
Workplace
Physician Suicide
Personal
Finances
Salute to the Warriors on the Front Line
Letter from the Chair
Let's Talk engagED Platform
Compassion Fatigue
Diversity & Equity
ACEP Requests Additional Support for EM from Provider Relief Fund
COVID-19 Personal & Systemic
Litigation
Consensus Statement on the 2020-21 Residency Application Process for US Medical Students Planning Careers in Emergency Medicine in the Main Residency Match
Emergency Medicine in Pakistan
ACEP Hosts Summit on Impact of Stigma and OUD in Emergency Settings
Minimally Invasive Procedures for Headaches
Oldie but a Goodie: 10 Pearls of Droperidol
Trigger Point Injections in the Emergency Department
A Note from the Section Chair
COVID-19 Financial Survival Guide: What You Need to Know